A SURVEY highlighting the ‘isolating’ and ‘soul-destroying’ experience of some unpaid carers has led to renewed calls for legislation to provide additional help for those looking after loved ones. Emotional support for carers, greater availability of homecare providers and targeted financial aid, including personalised budgets, were among the improvements called for by respondents to a […]
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Chief Minister: Vetting checks ‘under review’ for government staff
THE Chief Minister has moved to reassure Islanders that ‘enhanced’ checks are carried out on those employed in a ‘position of trust’, including teachers, doctors, carers and contractors on school sites. Deputy Kristina Moore made the comments after senior Education Department official David Gerald Berry admitted possessing indecent images of children. Berry, who worked as […]
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Jersey ministers support principle of buying Grève de Lecq site
THE Chief Minister and senior members of the government have said they support the principle of buying a former café at Grève de Lecq to safeguard it for the public. But Deputy Kristina Moore and Treasury Minister Ian Gorst, who represent voters in the north-west of the Island, say that a debate in the States […]
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Jersey States Members asked to reverse plan to take GST off period products
MINISTERS are asking politicians to allow them to scrap a previous commitment to remove GST from period products because they feel they have ‘surpassed’ this aim by providing free products in some locations around the Island. In May 2022, politicians voted to instruct the next Treasury Minister to remove the 5% GST on sanitary products. […]
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Recruitment process for interim chief executive due to start next month
THE recruitment process for an interim chief executive is due to begin next month, the Chief Minister has confirmed. Deputy Kristina Moore said they were considering ‘how to construct the [government chief executive] role to provide opportunities to candidates who live in Jersey’ – adding that ‘there is a benefit to understanding our unique Island’. […]
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Bailiff and Chief Minister offer condolences following death of minister's husband
CONDOLENCES have been offered by the Bailiff and Chief Minister following the death of the External Relations Minister’s husband. In a statement issued to the States Assembly, Sir Timothy Le Cocq said it was ‘with deep sadness’ that he shared the news of the death of Kevin Rogers, the partner of Deputy Phillip Ozouf. Sir […]
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Minister vows to remain in role after criticising government
INFRASTRUCTURE Minister Tom Binet has confirmed he intends to remain in his position, after criticising the government and Chief Minister Kristina Moore for the departure of chief executive Suzanne Wylie. It was announced last month that Mrs Wylie was to leave her £250,000-a-year role as the Island’s most senior civil servant after just 13 months. […]
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States asked to condemn ‘barbaric slaughter’ of sea mammals in Faroes
CONDEMNING dolphin killings in the Faroe Islands could encourage the Danish territory’s trading partners to reconsider business agreements and help end the ‘barbaric’ practice, according to a former Economic Development Minister. Deputy Lyndon Farnham has lodged a proposition asking the States Assembly to condemn the Faroe Islands’ government’s annual ‘grindadrap’ hunts in which whales, dolphins […]
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One Jersey government consultant cost £300,000 a year – report reveals
VALUE for money from the government’s use of consultants “cannot be demonstrated consistently”, according to a watchdog – with one role costing the Island over £300,000 a year. The Comptroller and Auditor General, Lynn Pamment, has today published a report on the government’s use of consultants. It comes after news recently emerged that external consultants […]
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New café to provide training and jobs for abuse survivors
A NON-PROFIT venture providing job opportunities and workplace training to Islanders who have experienced abuse is due to open its doors later this month. The Butterfly Effect – which has received £155,000 worth of financial backing from the government – includes a café and restaurant at the site currently operating as the St Malo Bistro […]
